Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

North America's largest tabletop gaming convention returns to the Indiana Convention Center for four days in August.

San Francisco's three-day music, food and arts festival is set for August 6-8, 2027 in Golden Gate Park, a year after a sold-out 2026 edition drew about 220,000 people.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs 6-30 August 2027, its 80th edition and three weeks of performing arts across the city.

Lululemon's two-day SeaWheeze weekend comes back to Vancouver with its 21.1 km half marathon along the seawall and the Sunset Festival in Stanley Park.

Kenyans elect a president and the members of the National Assembly and Senate on 10 August 2027. Incumbent William Ruto is seeking a second term.

Oasis bring Live '27 to the United States with the first of three nights at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, billed as Boston, before three nights at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

The untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel is an upcoming American animated superhero film directed by Jeff Rowe. Based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters, it is the sequel to Mutant Mayhem (2023) and features the returning voices of Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, and Brady Noon as the Turtles.

India's first high-speed rail line, modelled on Japan's Shinkansen, is now targeted to open its first short segment in 2027, years later than originally planned.

The finale of Monterey Car Week takes over Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday 15 August.

gamescom runs 23-29 August 2027 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, opening with gamescom dev and Opening Night Live before the public days.

The East Coast's largest anime convention comes back to Manhattan for four days in late August.

Virginia is expanding the world's first bridge-tunnel, adding new tubes and widened approaches at Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base on Earth, more than 50 years after it first opened.

The trade fair for motorhomes, caravans and other recreational vehicles returns to Messe Düsseldorf for ten days.

长生骨 (Chang Sheng Gu, "The Immortal Bone") is iQIYI's 36-episode xianxia drama starring Esther Yu (虞书欣) as the clam spirit He Pan and Hou Minghao (侯明昊) as the Taoist master Rong Chenzi. It is adapted from 一度君华's novel 神仙肉 and began filming at Hengdian on 30 June 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

Harry Styles plays the last of three nights at London's Wembley Stadium, the announced final show of the Together, Together tour that began in Amsterdam in May 2026, with Tears for Fears opening.

Angola holds general elections by August 2027 for the 220-seat National Assembly, whose winning party's list leader becomes president.

AbbVie's phase 3 trial of Armour Thyroid in hypothyroidism reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,800 participants. This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Armour Thyroid treatment compared with synthetic T4 in subjects who have primary hypothyroidism and are currently stabilized (i.e., in-range thyroid-stimulating hormone \[TSH\]) on synthetic T4 treatment. This study will also therefore evaluate the efficacy and safety of dose conversion from synthetic T4 therapy to Armour Thyroid therapy.

Seattle Public Schools, the City of Seattle and the Kraken-backed One Roof Partnership are replacing the 1947 stadium with a rebuilt open-air venue for school sport, concerts and community events, keeping and reframing the Memorial Wall that honours 762 local students and alumni killed in the Second World War. It is funded with $110 million of public money plus roughly $30 million raised privately.

The New Simpsons Movie is an upcoming American animated comedy film based on the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons created by Matt Groening. Produced by 20th Century Animation and Gracie Films, it is the second feature film adaptation of the series and the sequel to The Simpsons Movie (2007).

The original PAX fills Seattle's convention buildings for four days of video games, tabletop, panels and an expo hall.

The Temple of Speed holds the highest average speeds in Formula 1, and the Tifosi fill the banking whatever Ferrari's season looks like.

The IAA Mobility show returns to Messe München for six days, with a press day on 6 September.

DSEI, the UK's flagship defence and security exhibition, returns to ExCeL London from 7 to 10 September 2027, with land, air, naval and space zones and visiting warships in the venue's dockside setting.

The Cannes Yachting Festival returns to the Vieux Port and Port Canto in Cannes for six days in September.

The 21st World Athletics Championships are held at the Beijing National Stadium, the second time the city has hosted after 2015. Ten days of track and field in the stadium built for the 2008 Olympics.

The women's singles final fills Arthur Ashe Stadium on the tournament's second Saturday, closing the American hard-court season. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the US Open running 29 August to 12 September.

Oasis play Knebworth Park for the first time since their two historic nights there in August 1996, opening a run of six shows at the 125,000-capacity Hertfordshire site that closes the Live '27 tour.

The season's last major ends under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world at roughly 23,000 seats. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the tournament running 29 August to 12 September, with the men's singles final on the closing Sunday.

The Spanish Grand Prix runs at Madrid's Madring, the part-street, part-permanent circuit around IFEMA that took the race off Barcelona.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its September 14-15 2027 meeting. The meeting is one of the four in 2027 that comes with a Summary of Economic Projections - the "dot plot" - and a press conference. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 59%, Hike 25bps 20%, Cut 25bps 6%.

The 46th Ryder Cup is played at Adare Manor in County Limerick, the first held in Ireland since the K Club in 2006. The Irish government is expected to spend €58 million on the event, €22.5 million of it an event licence fee to the European Tour.

The 192nd Oktoberfest is due to run on Munich's Theresienwiese from Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October 2027, following the festival's rule of starting on the first Saturday after 15 September and ending on the first Sunday in October.

Salesforce has set Dreamforce 2027 for 21-23 September 2027 at San Francisco's Moscone Center and on Salesforce+, with registration opening in spring 2027.

The Monaco Yacht Show's 2027 edition fills Port Hercule with superyachts for four days in late September.

Baku pairs a two-kilometre straight along the Caspian with a climb through the medieval old city barely wide enough for one car.

The first section of Line 15, the 76km ring at the heart of the Grand Paris Express, has slipped repeatedly and is now expected to open between Pont de Sevres and Noisy-Champs in autumn 2027.

Globalinx's 24,000 sq ft, 5 MW-scalable cable landing station near Ocean City Municipal Airport, Maryland, is planned to be ready for service in Q3 2027 and is poised to host AWS's Fastnet transatlantic cable.

The 11th Rugby World Cup opens at Perth Stadium and runs to the final at Stadium Australia in Sydney on 13 November. It is the first tournament branded the Men's Rugby World Cup and the first contested by 24 teams, with South Africa defending the title and Hong Kong making their debut.

The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.

Pfizer's phase 3 trial of Ibuzatrelvir in covid-19 sars-cov-2 infection reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,330 participants. The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether ibuzatrelvir is effective and safe in adults and adolescents with COVID-19 who do not need to be in the hospital but who are at high risk for progression to severe disease. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned (by chance) to receive ibuzatrelvir or matching placebo orally for 5 days. Co-administration of locally available standard of care is allowed. The total duration of the study is around 6 months.

Turkiye returns to the calendar for the first time since 2021, bringing back Turn 8 - a four-apex left taken at close to 300 km/h.

The 14th Cricket World Cup is played across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the second time South Africa and Zimbabwe have co-hosted after 2003 and the first time Namibia has hosted. Cricket South Africa confirmed eight grounds including the Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands.

Formula 1's original night race runs under floodlights around Marina Bay, in humidity that costs drivers several kilos a race.